You can use decimals instead of fractions in your part marks in the US environment Imperial role by using a mark template. The template contains separate value fields and text elements that change the fractions to decimals, and change the number of decimals.
- On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type.
- Load drawing properties that are as close to the ones you need as possible.
- Single-part, assembly and cast unit drawings: Click View creation in the options tree on the left, select the view and the properties that you want to change, and click View properties.
- Click Part mark.
- Double-click Template in the Available elements list.
- In the Mark content - template dialog box, click Create new.
This starts the Template Editor.
- Click and create a new graphical template.
- Click .
- Select PART as the content type.
- Click , enter L and place it inside the row you just added.
- Click and place the value field on the right side of the L text.
- In the displayed Select Attribute [Part] dialog box, scroll down to PROFILE - Profile , open the profile tree, select the HEIGHT - height property and click OK.
- Double-click the value field. In the Value Field Properties dialog box, change the settings as follows:
Unit : inch
Decimals : 1
Length : 8
- Click OK.
- Click , enter X as text and place it on the right side of the value field.
- In the similar way, add another value field for the width information ( WIDTH - Width profile property).
- Click and add the second X between the value fields.
- Add the third value field for the profile flange thickness by selecting FLANGE_THICKNESS_1 - Flange thickness 1 profile property and modify the settings as follows:
Unit : inch
Decimals : 2
Length : 4
- Click and minimize the height and the width of the row.
- Click to save the template.
The template is by default saved as a .tpl file in the \mark folder under the model folder. You can copy this template to other models as required.
- In Tekla Structures , click Refresh list in the Mark content - template dialog box to see the template you created.
- Select the template and click OK.
- Save the mark properties for late use with a unique name.
- Single-part, assembly and cast unit drawings: Click Save to save the changes in view properties and Close to return to drawing properties.
General arrangement drawings: Click OK.
- Click Save to save the drawing properties, then click OK and create the drawing.
Example
The first example below uses fractions and the second one decimals.